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Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Patriot League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1990–91 season, the first under the Patriot League name and also the league's first season as an all-sports conference. There have been five repeat winners of the award: Adonal Foyle of Colgate (1996, 1997), Brian Ehlers of Lafayette (1999, 2000), CJ McCollum of Lehigh (2010, 2012), Mike Muscala of Bucknell (2011, 2013), and Tim Kempton Jr. of Lehigh (2015, 2016). Bucknell claims the most awards (8) while Colgate is second with seven. Bucknell has the most individual players honored with seven.

Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Patriot League
CountryUnited States
History
First award1991
Most recentBraeden Smith, Colgate

Two Patriot League members have not had a winner, Army and Loyola Maryland.

Key edit

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national player of the year award:
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Patriot League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners edit

 
Adonal Foyle, Colgate, 1996 and 1997
 
Kevin Hamilton, Holy Cross, 2005
 
Greg Sprink, Navy, 2008
 
CJ McCollum, Lehigh, 2010 and 2012
 
Mike Muscala, Bucknell, 2011 and 2013
 
Cameron Ayers, Bucknell, 2014
 
Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh, 2015 and 2016
 
Nana Foulland, Bucknell, 2017
 
Zach Thomas, Bucknell, 2018
 
Sa'eed Nelson, American, 2020
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1990–91 Damon Lopez Fordham C Senior [1]
1991–92 Patrick King Bucknell SF Senior [2]
1992–93 Mike Bright Bucknell SF Senior [3]
1993–94 Tucker Neale Colgate SG Junior [4]
1994–95 Rob Feaster Holy Cross PF Senior [5]
1995–96 Adonal Foyle Colgate C Sophomore [6]
1996–97 Adonal Foyle (2) Colgate C Junior [6]
1997–98 Stefan Ciosici Lafayette C Junior [7]
1998–99 Brian Ehlers Lafayette SG/PG Junior [8]
1999–00 Brian Ehlers (2) Lafayette SG/PG Senior [8]
2000–01 Tim Szatko Holy Cross PF Sophomore [9]
2001–02 Patrick Doctor American PF/C Senior [10]
2002–03 Patrick Whearty Holy Cross C Senior [11]
2003–04 Austen Rowland Lehigh PG Senior [12]
2004–05 Kevin Hamilton Holy Cross SG/PG Junior [13]
2005–06 Charles Lee Bucknell G Senior [14]
2006–07 Keith Simmons Holy Cross G Senior [15]
2007–08 Greg Sprink Navy G Senior [16]
2008–09 Derrick Mercer American PG Senior [17]
2009–10 CJ McCollum Lehigh PG Freshman [18]
2010–11 Mike Muscala Bucknell PF/C Sophomore [19]
2011–12 CJ McCollum (2) Lehigh PG Junior [20]
2012–13 Mike Muscala (2) Bucknell PF/C Senior [19]
2013–14 Cameron Ayers Bucknell PG/SG Senior [21]
2014–15 Tim Kempton Jr. Lehigh PF/C Sophomore [22]
2015–16 Tim Kempton Jr. (2) Lehigh PF/C Junior [22]
2016–17 Nana Foulland Bucknell C Junior [23]
2017–18 Zach Thomas Bucknell PF Senior [24]
2018–19 Rapolas Ivanauskas Colgate PF Junior [25]
2019–20 Sa'eed Nelson American PG Senior [26]
2020–21 Jordan Burns Colgate PG Senior [27]
2021–22 Sukhmail Mathon Boston University PF Graduate [28]
2022–23 Tucker Richardson Colgate PG Senior [29]
2023–24 Braeden Smith Colgate PG Sophomore [30]

Winners by school edit

School (year joined) Winners Years
Bucknell (1990) 8 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Colgate (1990) 7 1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
Holy Cross (1990) 5 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Lehigh (1990) 5 2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
American (2001) 3 2002, 2009, 2020
Lafayette (1990) 3 1998, 1999, 2000
Boston University (2013) 1 2022
Fordham (1990)[a] b 1 1991
Navy (1991) 1 2008
Army (1990)a 0 —
Loyola (MD) (2013) 0 —
  • a Fordham and Army were not charter members of the conference when it was established as the football-only Colonial League in 1986. They became members in 1990 when the conference became an all-sports league (and also adopted its current name).
  • b Fordham left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995. They are still a Patriot League associate member in football.

References edit

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